Cable: I would make a good Chancellor

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Business Secretary Vince Cable has thrown open a potential challenge to George Osborne's role as Chancellor of the Exchequer after claiming he would "make a good chancellor".

Cable made the comments in an interview with the BBC, although he added he was "not pushing for the job". Pushed on whether he would make a good Chancellor, Cable reportedly said: "I probably would but George Osborne is doing the job, we are doing it together well as part of a team, and nobody's suggesting we change the arrangements." It comes after his close ally Lord Oakeshott called for him to replace Osborne, who he described as a "work experience chancellor". Osborne is under fire after this week's growth figure showed the UK economy is in its longest post-war recession. Th...

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